Sports Business, Sports Law, Sports Negotiations, NCAA Rules
Over the weekend, The Miami Herald ran an op-ed that I wrote titled, NCAA’s $2,000 boost to scholarship-athletes: too little, but a start. While I am in favor of the recent decision by the NCAA, which will allow conferences to permit their member schools to offer an additional $2,000 in grants, per year, to its…
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What: Sports Law Conference on the BCS and Big-Time College Football When: November 17-18, 2011 Where: Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California Panels: Opening Session – Antitrust (9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Thursday November 17) Mark Shurtleff, Attorney General of Utah, has initiated the antitrust litigation against the BCS Gordon Schnell, Attorney with Constantine Cannon…
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Sponsored Post Many advisers will tell professional athletes that they must have a plan for retirement. The plan must include various strategies in order to help them navigate their finances throughout the years. The plan should also include the impact of inflation to offset rising costs. Additionally, they must have correct investment choices and make…
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Halloween is on Monday, but most people I know are celebrating this Saturday. Any good costume ideas? About to jump into speaking season, as I will be traveling to New York Law School next Friday and then hopping on a flight that night so that I can lend my words to the attendees of Arizona…
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Earlier this week, the world was told that an MLB agent used porn star Bibi Jones to assist him in the recruitment of potential clients. Just yesterday, the same journalist who broke the first story released the name of the agent. According to Tony Manfred of Business Insider, Bibi Jones was referring to Terry Bross, the Vice President,…
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Last year, sports agent Harold Lewis purchased a $27 million mansion for a relative bargain price of $4.75 million. Lewis eventually filed a lawsuit against the former owner of the mansion for failing to include a fountain, dining room furniture, and some home appliances and electronics after the home was purchased. The lawyer who negotiated the sale…
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What: Mississippi School of Law Bi-Annual Symposia: “Social Media and Intercollegiate Athletics” When: November 11, 2011 Where: Robert C. Khayat Law Center (map) The University of Mississippi School of Law will officially announce its newest law journal on November 11, 2011. The new journal will be titled, The Mississippi Sports Law Review (MSLR). Lunch will be served at noon and…
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Michael Beasley of the Minnesota Timberwolves is currently a client of Jeff Schwartz at Excel Sports Management, but that was not always the case. Prior to hiring Schwartz, Beasley had been represented for team contract negotiations and off-court marketing deals by Joel Bell of Bell Sports, Inc. When Beasley left Bell Sports, Inc., the company filed a lawsuit…
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On November 1, 2011, a group of individuals who are tied to college sports in a variety of ways will converge in Washington D.C. to participate in a roundtable discussion titled, Hypocrisy or Hype? The Impacts of Back-Room Deals, Payoffs, and Scandals in American Collegiate Student Athletics. The roundtable has been put together by U.S.…
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Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Aaron Hill has left Beverly Hills Sports Council and signed with Brian Peters and Greg Genske of Legacy Sports Group. Liz Mullen of SportsBusiness Journal tweeted the change of representation just yesterday. Hill was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Arizona Diamondbacks only a couple of months ago. The Blue Jays received…
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